Tikrit

Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) · 559 (Ahudemmeh, metropolitan of the East; the see fixed at Tikrit in 629 under Marutha)

The primacy of the East under the Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch — a second head for the faithful beyond the Roman frontier, in Mesopotamia and Persia, where an Antiochene patriarch could not reach. Jacob Baradaeus ordained Ahudemmeh metropolitan of the East in 559; Marutha fixed the see at Tikrit in 629 and is the first maphrian Assemani will count. Bar Hebraeus, who held the office himself, numbered his predecessors continuing the count from the primates of Seleucia rather than beginning again.

The office lapsed in 1860; its dignity is now held by the Catholicos of India within the Syriac Orthodox communion.

The bishops

31 holders in the record.

Of the 30 links in this chain, 30 are inferred from the numbering — the register numbers the two holders consecutively and no source says one followed the other. Each holder below says which it is.

Ahudemmeh #1 · c. 559–c. 575 · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1533-1534 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Qamisho #2 · c. 578–c. 609 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1533-1534 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Samuel of Ctesiphon #3 · c. 614–c. 624 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1533-1534 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Marutha of Tikrit #4 · c. 629–c. 649 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1534-1536 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Denha I of Tikrit #5 · c. 649–c. 659 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1536-1537 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Barjesu (maphrian) #6 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Abraham I (maphrian) #7 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
David (maphrian) #8 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Joannes I (maphrian) #9 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Denha II (maphrian) #10 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Bacchus (maphrian) #11 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Paulus (maphrian) #12 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Joannes II (maphrian) #13 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Joseph (maphrian) #14 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Sarbelius (maphrian) #15 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Simeon (maphrian) #16 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Basilius I (maphrian) #17 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Daniel (maphrian) #18 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Thomas I (maphrian) #19 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Basilius II (maphrian) #20 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Melchisedech (maphrian) #21 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Sergius (maphrian) #22 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Athanasius I (maphrian) #23 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Thomas II (maphrian) #24 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Denha III (maphrian) #25 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Basilius III (maphrian) #26 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Cyriacus (maphrian) #27 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Joannes III (maphrian) #28 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Ignatius I (maphrian) #29 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Athanasius II (maphrian) #30 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae
Basilius IV (maphrian) #31 · c. 1046–c. 1059 · link inferred · № Michel Le Quien, Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1545-1546 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae